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Title: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Pigfuz on September 21, 2025, 02:28:22 PM
Just curious if any one has had any luck harvesting any big bulls this year in Norway Pass, Mt. Whittier, or Upper Smith Creek.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Deerelk37 on September 24, 2025, 07:32:16 PM
I was in 560 and 516 right near Norway. Had a good year, finding the few elk that are there. Not sure what’s going on but I know hikers saw a lot of elk up Norway near bear pass or bear something lol
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Antlershed on September 24, 2025, 08:51:49 PM
I know of a Norway Pass and a Mudflow archery tag holder. Neither of them tagged out.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: bowhuntersd on September 25, 2025, 08:36:59 AM
I saw on FB the Norway Pass rifle tag got filled.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Yeti419 on September 25, 2025, 06:17:36 PM
I know a couple guys that had the mudflow tag and they did not fill it. Saw one guy get one out of the toutle
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: MADMAX on September 25, 2025, 06:27:49 PM
Heading down next week with front stuffers 🤞🤞🤞
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: JWBINX on September 25, 2025, 06:44:54 PM
I hiked up to Norway Pass and Mt. Margaret yesterday and saw an Elk carcass about 2.5 miles in.
After the 3 mile point I saw multiple bulls that were very hot! They were screaming mid day and it was pushing
80 Degrees. What a beautiful area. Lots of goats also.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Antlershed on September 25, 2025, 09:28:06 PM
I know a couple guys that had the mudflow tag and they did not fill it. Saw one guy get one out of the toutle
I actually heard all 7 Mudflow tags went unfilled.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Mulie87 on September 25, 2025, 09:44:45 PM
Tagging in to see how the Upper Smith Creek tag holder did. I had that tag last year and was successful. Nothing like having a whole elk area to yourself for a week.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: mountainman on September 25, 2025, 10:14:47 PM
I hiked up to Norway Pass and Mt. Margaret yesterday and saw an Elk carcass about 2.5 miles in.
After the 3 mile point I saw multiple bulls that were very hot! They were screaming mid day and it was pushing
80 Degrees. What a beautiful area. Lots of goats also.
beautiful area, love up around Oval and Panhandle!
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: HntnFsh on September 26, 2025, 05:38:03 AM
I know a couple guys that had the mudflow tag and they did not fill it. Saw one guy get one out of the toutle
I actually heard all 7 Mudflow tags went unfilled.

I am not surprised.  I was up there a few times looking and didn't see any elk. I was shocked! A lot of work going on there, and a lot of logging above the flow. Seemed like a really strange year for the mudflow area.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Rugergunsite308 on September 26, 2025, 06:49:47 AM
I know of one tag that was filled in the mudflow. But I'm pretty sure it was way down stream, low in the flow.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: lonedave on September 27, 2025, 04:22:20 PM
Heading down next week with front stuffers 🤞🤞🤞
Maybe I'll run into you....
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: MADMAX on September 27, 2025, 05:13:35 PM
Heading down next week with front stuffers 🤞🤞🤞
Maybe I'll run into you....

We’ll be hunting the public land around Mossyrock and in the Winston
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: millerwheeler on September 27, 2025, 07:23:40 PM
I know upper smith creek tag that was filled and a archery mudflow tag
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: lonedave on September 27, 2025, 08:08:14 PM
Heading down next week with front stuffers 🤞🤞🤞
Maybe I'll run into you....

We’ll be hunting the public land around Mossyrock and in the Winston
Gotcha....I'll be in the Toutle unit.  Here's hoping for a good hunt for both of us!
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: MADMAX on September 27, 2025, 08:10:49 PM
Heading down next week with front stuffers 🤞🤞🤞
Maybe I'll run into you....

We’ll be hunting the public land around Mossyrock and in the Winston
Gotcha....I'll be in the Toutle unit.  Here's hoping for good hunt for both of us!

Absolutely
Good luck to you
I like the Toutle
I’ve had that permit a couple times for archery and got 2 brush bulls out of the state patch
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: cameron94 on September 30, 2025, 08:51:48 PM
I know a couple guys that had the mudflow tag and they did not fill it. Saw one guy get one out of the toutle
I actually heard all 7 Mudflow tags went unfilled.

Here is my 2025 Archery mudflow bull. I know one other guy with the tag and he tagged out on the last day and I seen pictures of another bull killed opening morning. It was a pretty tough hunt we did see a lot of bulls but they were not very vocal. We chased a few bugles in the first few days but they would go silent as soon as we got in tight. Ended up glassing this bull up on the mudflow in the evening and the next morning went and got him to bugle in a small alder patch and chased him around all day till he let us get close.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Antlershed on September 30, 2025, 10:06:51 PM
Congrats! Glad my intel was wrong and some of you guys found success.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: HntnFsh on October 01, 2025, 06:14:23 AM
Congrats on a nice bull!
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Gonehuntin01 on October 01, 2025, 08:09:39 AM
Congrats, way to grind it out.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Nate p on October 01, 2025, 11:00:36 AM
Congratulations Cameron!!!  Thats a great bull in one of the coolest areas in Washington to hunt. Lifetime memories there.
Title: Re: 2025 Mt. St. Helens success?
Post by: Gentrys on October 01, 2025, 05:55:24 PM
Congrats!
Looks like a fun area to hunt.
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